The Library Presents is back, with upbeat events and intriguing tales for all ages. The Library Presents has lots of feel-good events to keep you entertained from 16 May until 25 July. Tickets are available to book from 17 April https://www.library.live/the-library-presents. Chosen by over 500 local residents, this season has a line-up of 29 different events in 24 towns and villages. Come along to laugh, relax, meet new people, express yourself or support your wellbeing. Here are a selection of events in your local area:

Sing for Joy is a community choir, amazingly in it’s 10th year now, that runs every fortnight on a Friday evening from 7.30 to around 9 pm during term time – we usually sing for an hour then have a cup of tea/coffee and a chat. It is open to any adult who wants a chance to sing without the restrictions of attending every week or having to audition.  The venue alternates between the St Mary’s church hall in Over and the Village Institute, Longstanton. The choir are a friendly bunch and very welcoming to newcomers!  There is a real mix – some read music, some don’t, but songs are…

Please do join us at our next Memory Café, when we have ‘KJ & The Katt’ entertaining us. All are welcome to our free morning; teas, coffees and cake will be provided. Our Café is in the Over Day Centre, to start at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 25. For more information visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OverMemoryCafe/ Following our Memory Café, our Saturday Lunch Club is serving a freshly prepared, two course lunch of:Classic Italian lasagne with Garlic bread, Green Salad and ColeslawOrVegetarian lasagne with Garlic bread, Green Salad and ColeslawFollowed by Classic Italian Tiramisu For booking information please visit https://www.overdaycentre.co.uk/whats-on/saturday-lunch-club/

EASTER 2026 / MAY BANK HOLIDAYS – OPENING HOURS  Please note the surgery will be CLOSED for the long Easter weekend including the bank holidays on FRIDAY 3RD APRIL and MONDAY 6TH APRIL as well as the bank holidays on MONDAY 4TH MAY and MONDAY 25TH MAY.  Please plan ahead and make sure you have enough medication to last, remembering to order your repeats at least THREE WORKING DAYS before collection. If it’s not an emergency, you might be able to head to your local pharmacy rather than attending a GP appointment. Your local pharmacist can help you with a range of services, advice and treatment. From blood pressure checks…

Forty people, including a number of new members, attended to hear Peter Tatam from Halesworth speak on “The Old Vicarage at Grantchester”. There is evidence of settlement in Grantchester from the Saxon, Roman, Iron Age, Bronze Age and earlier periods. In the Doomsday book of 1086, it is named Grantesete. In the 1800s, much of the local land was mined for coprolites – fossilised dinosaur poo – which on treatment with sulphuric acid produces a valuable phosphate fertiliser. Although today’s population is small, at about 550, it has four public houses. The Cambridge Distillery is located in High Street with a shop offering bespoke gin experiences. Recently a bottle of…

The first day of spring in the UK occurs astronomically on the spring (vernal) equinox, when Earth’s axis is neither tilted towards or away from the Sun. In 2026 the spring equinox falls on 20 March. If you want to catch a sight of spring in Over, then a visit to Mill Pits might be worthwhile, to see ‘a host of daffodils’! Access is via the footpath off Station Road, just past the junction with New Road.

Our speaker this month was Graham Wylde, who gave a fascinating talk entitled “Maggie’s Letters”. Graham, a keen stamp collector, began by telling us about the great postal reforms of 1839-40, when penny postage was introduced, making postal services accessible to everyone. He collects Penny Red stamps on envelopes and once purchased a bundle of ten or eleven letters from a Cambridge stamp dealer, primarily because of the interesting stamps on the envelopes, paying little attention to the contents at the time. Later, Graham discovered that the letters had been written by a young girl called Maggie to her father during the Victorian era. The correspondence follows Maggie’s holidays with…

Local Government Reorganisation – consultation reminder Until Thursday 26 March, the government is consulting on four different options for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which have been developed by different councils across the region. I cannot overstate how important this issue is and I encourage you to have your say either via the government’s consultation portal online or SCDC’s own website. Cambridge City, East Cambs and South Cambs District Councils are all in favour of option B. The Government will make a final decision on which local government structures are put into place this summer with the new unitary councils operating in a shadow capacity from May…